Ref NoDDP/RF/30
CollectionDavid Drummond Pantomime Collection
TitlePress Cuttings and Press Pack Research File
Name of creatorBain, Kenneth Bruce Findlater (1921-1985), otherwise known under the pen-name Richard Findlater
DateDecember 1949-30th December 1976
Extent1 file
DescriptionPress cuttings and notes relating to Emile Littler, pantomime more broadly, pantomime bookings, pantomime as an act of self-mockery, Christmas show reviews, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Humpty Dumpty, Jack and the Beanstalk, Mother Goose, Robinson Crusoe, The Wonderful Lamp, Lupino Lane's Cinderella at King's Theatre, Hammersmith, Principal Girls, Dames, London Palladium, Prince Littler, the Alhambra Theatre in Bradford, the Grand Theatre in Llandudno. Other individuals who feature in these articles include Dorothy Ward, Ella Retford, Clarice Mayne, Arthur Askey, Lupino Lane, Jack Hylton, Danny La Rue, Anita Harris, Nita Croft, Ken Dodd, Cyril Fletcher, Reg Dixon, Time Brooke-Taylor. Miscellaneous material relating to Harold Fielding's Aladdin at the London Coliseum and a programme for Aladdin at the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon is also included, as well as an article from the publication World's Review titled The Economics of Pantomime, a news item from The Stage titled The 1976 Pantomime, and an article from The Theatre Managers' Journal by Clarkson Rose titled Permanence of Pantomime.
Related PersonBain, Kenneth Bruce Findlater (1921-1985), otherwise known under the pen-name Richard Findlater
CategoryResearch materials
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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